Ellie Black wins another gold medal

Ellie Black returned home Sunday as a two-time Canadian senior women’s gymnastics champion.

The Halifax Alta competitor made it two straight all-around championships on Thursday in Ottawa. On Saturday, she added a gold medal in the individual final for the uneven bars.

The 18-year-old Black, an individual finalist in the vault at the 2012 London Olympics, will now await the formal announcement for Canada’s team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Scotland.

Not only is Black a shoo-in for the Commonwealth Games, she upped her chances of being part of the Canadian entry for the world championships this fall in China.

She was delighted with her performance in Ottawa. She’s added to her routines this year after placing 13th in the all-around at the worlds in Belgium last year.

“The all-around was amazing,” she said Sunday. “That’s a personal best for me and I think that score (58.025) is an all-time (Canadian) record.

“So I was really happy with that and then to win gold on bars was amazing, too, because it’s an event where I’ve really worked to get better.”

Victoria Moors of Cambridge, Ont., won on floor, Briannah Tsang of Vancouver on vault and Isabella Onyshko of Manitoba on beam in the other finals. Black was not entered in any of the other events.

She’ll now shut down for a while to rest some aching feet. She had some minor injuries entering the nationals, but she said that’s the reality of her sport.

“I have a bit of a break from routine for a little bit because the Commonwealth Games are the end of July. So I’ll have some time to rest and heal up.”

Alta’s Hugh Smith, last year’s all-around senior national champion, was third in floor, pommel and rings.

Alta’s Evan Cruz tied for first in pommel with B.C.’s Zachary Clay.

Enya Pouliot of Bedford won bronze in national novice high performance on beam and floor

In the national open finals, Nova Scotia’s Ben McCarthy won in floor while Kahill Benjamin was third in high bar.

Jared Goad of Truro claimed four silver medals (national open tumbling, national open trampoline and national open double mini trampoline and team Trampoline). Goad joined Jeff Ramsay of Truro, Kai Dwyer of Fall River and Ian MacMullin of Dartmouth for the trampoline silver. In women’s national open double mini trampoline, Janine Biagi of Halifax won silver.